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The Ministry of Environment and Forests, under Jairam Ramesh, released the 2010 National Tiger Assessment which estimated 1,706 wild tigers; the 2014 assessment reported 2,226 tigers, an increase of about 30.5 per cent.

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English · ParaphrasedThe 2010 National Tiger Assessment estimated the total population of wild tigers in India at 1,706.

Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.

Speaker

Jairam Ramesh

Party

INC

Office

Union Minister of Environment and Forests

Venue

New Delhi (release of the report 'Tiger Estimate in India')

Date

2011-03-28

Topics

environment

Researched by

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Grounding check

1 of 1 checkable evidence pages contain the cited figures

Transcript / text sources

• Ministry of Environment and Forests, 'Tiger Estimate in India' 2010 (report released 28 March 2011, archived)

Evidence

Government's response

Analysis

The 2010 National Tiger Assessment, released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on 28 March 2011, estimated India's wild tiger population at 1,706, using camera-trap and sign-survey methods introduced in 2006.

The subsequent 2014 assessment reported 2,226 tigers, an increase of about 30.5 per cent over the 2010 figure, and later cycles reported further increases.

The figure of 1,706 released in 2011 is consistent with the subsequent government estimates.

Confidence in verdict & review

Confidence in verdict

Low

Review status

draft

Last reviewed

2026-10-17

Notes

A direct news quote from Jairam Ramesh announcing the figure could not be confirmed with an openable URL, so the government report 'Tiger Estimate in India' is listed as the source; the archived PDF did not render in the fetcher (only the Wayback wrapper loaded), and the 1,706/2,226 figures were confirmed from the Wikipedia 'Project Tiger' page. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]